Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Today was another busy day. As I said last night, Sara was supposed to arrive that night... it didn't actually happen that way. The plane she was on was supposed to land at 10:25 in Quito. Around 10 when my dad checked on the flight, we found that it was delayed until about 11:15. So we prepared to wait another hour. Throughout that hour, we kept checking to see if they had an actual confirmed time. They didn't, and they actually changed the estimated time to 11:30. Around 11:40 it still didn't say the plane had arrived, but the estimated time was still 11:30. So my dad, Julianna, and I decided to head to the airport, because we wanted to make sure that Sara wouldn't arrive with no one to greet her. Soon after we got to the airport, the time was changed to 12:30... and then to 1:15. We decided to go home. Julianna and I went to bed after we got home and just told my dad to wake us up if he ended up picking her up that night. At 2:45, Juls and I got a nice wake up call, and we joined our dad on the way back to the airport. Apparently, Sara had managed to get a hold of a cell phone, and call my mom, who then told my dad that Sara should be arriving in Quito in about 45 minutes. Sara called from Guayaquil, and told my mom that the plane had circled Quito a few times and the pilot decided to head over to Guayaquil because it was too foggy here in Quito. Finally Sara made it to Quito almost 5 hours later than when she was supposed to, and we made it home around 4 in the morning and crashed.

Today was definitely more pleasant than last night was.

I just realized that I am super tan from the Galapagos. The horrible sunburn I had actually did something other than give me skin cancer.

I'm almost as dark as Micah! This picture doesn't even do it justice.

There is a LOT of traffic in Quito. Way too much. I'm glad I don't have to drive here. As it is, I've already almost died!

Here's a game, guess what I did today :)

It's pretty easy.

Micah was very hesitant at first. When we paid, he even said he wouldn't do it. Later on, he asked me if he could go skating. So we paid for him, and put his cute little skates on. He was definitely clumsy, and he fell a lot. But that didn't keep him from trying! A couple minutes after going around with mom and I on both sides of him, he wanted to try it on his own. Such an independent child.

Katelyn and I being pros. Of course.

I'm assuming you guessed correctly... I did go ice skating today. A home school family invited all the homeschoolers to join, so we all decided to go. Even my dad went! (Except he just worked on his sermon and talked to a friend the whole time).

I also made it to the orphanage today... finally. It's changed a lot since I last went. They are much stricter, but I'm sure it's because they want what is best for the kids.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Today was definitely not as exciting as the past few days. Today was a lot of travel. Lots of sitting around. That happens whether you're on an airplane or in an airport. It was sad to leave the Galapagos. It was sad to think that these next few days will be pretty slow compared to the past week. In a way, it's nice. No longer do I have to get up at 5 or 6 in the morning. No longer will I be crashing hard at night. Finally I will have time to actually do things like watch a movie or read a book.

Another part of me loves the constant busyness. I love being busy. So, it will take a little while to get used to having free time.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Our guide led us through this place. It was pretty neat. We learned a lot about how they keep the turtles reproducing and alive. We got to see little baby turtles! I got to meet super Diego. And I also got to meet solitary George. And I found out why he is solitary... because he is so ugly!

Today was a good day. Once again. I find that it is hard not to have a good day when you are in the Galapagos.

This turtle is our friend.

As crazy as it may seem, I did have a white Christmas. The beach we went to today had some pretty white sand.

I hope that all of you had a WONDERFUL Christmas full of family and loved ones. I find myself in awe of how Jesus sacrificed himself for us and was born as a human here on Earth. The older I get, the more I realize this.

Merry Christmas, Ya'll! We walked about 2 miles to get to this beach. And 2 miles back... it wasn't even THAT neat. It was BEAUTIFUL. But there wasn't much to do. We went swimming but it was very shallow and there were no waves.

This beach was SO weird. It was very shallow... and the ground was VERY bumpy.

This picture, in black and white, shows quite the common plant. It's pretty much a cactus tree that has flowers growing from it.

Today we weren't as busy as the other days. So I had time to lounge by the pool and listen to music and read a book.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

It's my first full day in Ecuador. I'm tired. I haven't slept much lately. Tomorrow I am off to the Galapagos, and that will be awesome!

I have a picture to show you that kind of made my day. Not really. But I don't even know what I am saying anymore.

Here it is:

Something unusual that happened today was, when I went to the bathroom, there was no door. So, as I was doing my business, people would be RIGHT outside the curtain talking to me. It was weird. That is all.

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